it. two people fighting for their investigation and the decontamination work that followed. decontamination work that lives. followed. the type used against the former it is clear that this is an unprecedented incident. he is a real threat to take the title, last won it back in 2010. title, last won it back in 2010. unprecedented incident. russian spy and his daughter. this is the second unprecedented incident. second unprecedented that 6th-a, 6-3, 6-a. incident. our towns to be dumping grounds for poison. dawn sturgess and charlie rowley are critically ill in hospital. but the authorities say the risk to other people is low. forward with symptoms that require treatment. reassures to members of the community. is that the risk to the general public remains low. working on the case. we'll have the latest from the scene. said, in the open environment, it the trapped children out.

grades. grades. 50 we are not considering that that is a proposition. that that its 70th birthday is a today. proposition. that are already under investigation. investigation. coming out would lead to wear that decontamination works in the future. decontamination works in the future. you cannot be sure whether there was novichok out the? novichok out the? public there is still not known novichok? novichok? that there is more novichok rather than is any solid evidence. than is any solid evidence. decontaminate and we can undertake decontamination. decontamination.

it has always been said that the risk is low. said that the risk is low. this is contained rather than a broad attack. broad attack. itself was a targeted attack on the individuals concerned. individuals concerned. possibility of anything being anywhere. you cannot disprove the negative. negative.

anything there and, if there was, it would be cleaned. would be cleaned. that is the work we will undertake. we will undertake. at an entirely name location that was not contaminated before? was not contaminated before? we do not seek to explain that. we expect... but how does one explain it? it? site was not previously contaminated. contaminated. unprecedented, complex and fast paced investigation. paced investigation. so we can provide answers to those questions. questions.

all of our minds and it concerned the concern of the public. the concern of the public. and the city is making huge steps forward in its recovery. forward in its recovery. to piece together the rest of the chronology. you specifically warned people. by that specific warning? it does not sound very reassuring. does not sound very reassuring. would advise members of the public not to do that generally. not to do that generally. did not recognise or was clearly a dangerous it? dangerous it? medical officer was trying to explain. explain.

should be something other that they should not be touching. should not be touching. working with the best information we have got available. have got available. that the risk to the general public remains low. remains low. treatment will they now be receiving? receiving? position than they were four months ago? ago? leaders in nerve agents the treatment involves stabilisation. treatment involves stabilisation. they are critically unwell and have a long journey ahead of them. a long journey ahead of them. moment we are simply treating them in stabilising

them. in stabilising them. friday, why was there no risk to people on the public? people on the public? that's why we have come up with a time. time. in the park, in that facility come before 10pm on friday? come before 10pm on friday? that would be what we are working with. would be what we are working with. as i said in my statement, there is a huge degree of anxiety. a huge degree of anxiety. i understand that. understand that.

and amesbury backed a position of normality. normality. thank you for your time, ladies and gentlemen. gentlemen. skripal and his daughter yulia four months ago. months ago. ill having been exposed to another chop. chop. it is a permit when the salisbury on friday. salisbury on friday. helicopter looking down on that property. property.

both fell ill on saturday having visited salisbury the day before. visited salisbury the day before. assumptions that was a drug—related illness they were suffering from. illness they were suffering from. fact, of course, as it turned out, they had been exposed another chop. they had been exposed another chop. hard on whether there might be more novichok out there. novichok out there. of novichok residue somewhere, either in salisbury or beyond. either in salisbury or beyond.

district hospital and the critically ill. let's go to a correspondent. sarah, what we know about the condition of these two? condition of these two? patients on saturday and remain in a critical condition. critical condition. been exposed nerve agent, they are unwell. unwell. safety of the staff and other patients here. patients here.

precise moment none have needed treatment. treatment. appointments should continue to come here as normal. here as normal. message going out to people in wiltshire as well, isn't the? wiltshire as well, isn't the? they should wash their clothes and so on? indeed. reassurance as much as possible and that certainly for the wider public. that certainly for the wider public.

remains low but understands that people have concerns. people have concerns. 10pm last friday evening, they should wash their clothing. should wash their clothing. should wipe it like phones and wash their hands with soap and water. their hands with soap and water. iii, emphasising throughout that the risk to the public is low. risk to the public is low. again facing another novichok incident. incident.

critically ill with what appears to be novichok poisoning. be novichok poisoning. it was quite striking, wasn't it? striking, wasn't it? said, unbelievable, we are talking about another novichok incident. about another novichok incident. saying that this time around the same thing has happened. same thing has happened. through the detail of the chronology of how it happened. of how it happened.

yesterday we got the confirmation that it was novichok again. that it was novichok again. for the moment, thank you very much indeed. indeed. was at that news conference, listening to the chief constable. listening to the chief constable. thomas, what was your impression of how they are dealing with this? how they are dealing with this? journalists about, can the public be reassured? reassured? which there might be more novichok out the? out the? at the local authority and chief co nsta ble. at the local authority and chief constable. constable.

last couple of days to make sure they are now safe. they are now safe. they are focusing their intention was areas. their intention was areas. couple when they found that they were ill. were ill. that they had become ill because of a bad batch of illegal drugs. a bad batch of illegal drugs. that attended that scene had at the time. time. realised they were dealing with this nerve agent.

nerve agent. the day, you were in queen elizabeth gardens in salisbury. gardens in salisbury. scrip als, that is where the happened. happened. suggestion of what may have happened. happened. some questions surrounding that again at this press conference. that again at this press conference. at any of those errors after 10pm on friday. friday.

points of the investigation at the moment. moment. quiet wiltshire town and city in south—west england. quiet wiltshire town and city in south-west england. south-west england. thomas, thank you very much indeed. you very much indeed. sense of anger from the home secretary. secretary. accidentally becoming targets for novichok. novichok. streets, parks had become a dumping ground for poison.

ground for poison. latest novichok incident here in wiltshire. wiltshire. stage have to apologise to russia and to the world. in march led to an unprecedented response by the government here. many more from other european countries and the united states. showed moscow was responsible for the attack. and his daughter. against the united kingdom.

with relations already at an historic low. can you provide reassurance to the people of salisbury? meeting to discuss this latest crisis and how it should respond. exactly what has gone on. let me be clear, we do not have a quarrel with the russian people. international community. and that of our partners.

and towns to be dumping grounds for poison. british government. in the territory of great britain with russian citizens. this comes at a very sensitive time diplomatically. in which mr trump may try to bolster relations with the kremlin.

of british citizens. and the england team about to play in the quarterfinals. may in march talking about what happened to the scrip als. happened to the scrip als. been talking again about this latest incident in berlin. incident in berlin. after the chemical weapons attack that took place in salisbury? that took place in salisbury?

this week again affected by this nerve agent. nerve agent. investigation in relation to what has happened. has happened. minister speaking in bellerin earlier on today. earlier on today. in the queen elizabeth gardens in salisbury city centre. salisbury city centre.

grade nerve agent, developed in the soviet era by the russians. after they were attacked. this and other areas of salisbury were cordoned off and cleaned up. incidents in the city. but how did the nerve agent get to amesbury? that was used to carry the nerve agent. there are three crucial questions. and are they still deadly? them looking at what happened here and checking these compounds. as to who might have done this. research laboratory in porton down.

muscles to contract. making it difficult to breathe and causing a heart attack. poisonous for a long time. day—to—day activities. simply to wash your clothes, that is the sensible precaution. that we don't know what they are. objects away and to burn them.

outside the property of the couple who are now critically ill. who are now critically ill. was the same novichok used to attack the skripals in march? the skripals in march? same compound but the question is whether it came from the same batch. whether it came from the same batch. you look at two samples of something and to the tests. and to the tests. is poisonous material left over from the skripal poisoning earlier. the skripal poisoning earlier. you say left over, talk as to exactly what you mean.

exactly what you mean. something in a hedge or a bit of ground in salisbury? ground in salisbury? would need some kind of device to apply to store it. apply to store it. a syringe is a likely candidate, may be possible. likely candidate, may be possible. but what is the individual to that material? material? they were not want to carry it around. carry it around. service you are applying this material. material. authorities thought it would not be a danger. a danger.

and maybe something is visible now was not visible in march. was not visible in march. critically ill in salisbury district hospital. were taken ill after exposure to the nerve agent novichok. between the uk and the eu could be handled after brexit. but will it unite the cabinet? morning.

the hospital's chief executive about that day of celebration. for how customs could be handled after brexit. the latest model is known as a facilitated customs arrangement. trade deals independent of the eu after brexit. to invest heavily in the uk. our political correspondent iain watston reports. of us call queues at the uk's borders. are threatening to reduce investment and possibly move production.

important, for now at least. brexit really does mean brexit. so what's the government's future customs plan after brexit? the facilitated customs arrangement. the uk would mirror existing eu rules and regulations on goods. whether to adopt new eu rules — this wouldn't happen automatically. charged on them.

raises quite a few more. technology in place? for access to their markets? the prime minister's own party? should be swept aside. finally producing a unified front? of the government. with the new customs plan. of eu rules? if we can't do that, we can't do trade deals.

to the eu's regulations would be a mistake. at the prime minister's country retreat tomorrow. no—one's expected to walk out — it's a long way to the gate. but that doesn't mean they'll all be in agreement. away day at chequers. one of the signatories is vicky ford, the mp for chelmsford. welcome to bbc news. first of all, why is it necessary to write this letter? write this letter?

businesses and fundamentally, we care for people lost theirjobs. care for people lost theirjobs. and small and make sure that trade does continue. does continue. new trade deals of other parts of the world. the world. might be listening to instead of this list? this list? and that's what we wanted to reaffirm. reaffirm.

going to be british jobs that rely upon it can continue. upon it can continue. is not worth happening, is that your opinion? opinion? standards of the goods that cross our borders, we should keep them. our borders, we should keep them. to have companies producing goods to two sets of rules. thank you much. anniversary with a host of events being held around the uk.

the world's largest publicly funded health service. staffjoined patients and charities at a service at westminster abbey. another service will be held at york minster this evening. reception in edinburgh. in tooting for us now. good afternoon. lol. thank you very much. much. the sharp end of st george's hospital in teaching. hospital in teaching. see some of the prostatic being printed their eye 3—d printers. printed their eye 3—d printers.

the courtyard to mark the 70th anniversary. anniversary. the chief executive of st george's here. here. you have given us an amazing access to the hospital to date. access to the hospital to date. extraordinary work that goes so much. much. i hope it has been tolerable for your staff. it has been fabulous. fabulous. to staff marking the 70th anniversary of the nhs today. anniversary of the nhs today. people who have retired from the hostel and are working. hostel and are working. the people who can't seem to help coming back? remarkable. marking it nationally as they have done today has been wonderful. done today has been wonderful.

who have been here today and loved every minute. —— you, like i, have met. met. difficult decisions to make about how you run this place. how you run this place. enormous undertaking, 8500 staff treating 3. treating 3. south—west london and the counties beyond. beyond. what are the challenges you will face in the coming years? will face in the coming years? reno funding remains an issue. so, we use {2. {2. organisation, feeding the folk who work here. work here.

clinical staff and take them through what will be a difficult time. what will be a difficult time. to be kept going and some is quite old. thank you very much. have met today at the nhs celebrates 70 years. thank you remit. i hope you got a birthday cake. with tim hague. good afternoon. from england's can add the world cup shortly but first to wimbledon. a big day for brits. not good news for one of them. konta who was in centre court earlier today. earlier today. world number four and it really was a struggle from the get go. a struggle from the

get go. battle in viewing at what i had to say konta looking quite rattled. say konta looking quite rattled. at one point arguing with the umpire. one point arguing with the umpire. confidence fora, winning in straight sets, 6—3, 6—4. sets, 6—3, 6—4. that it will affect rankings as well. up next is kyle edmund. hopes of britain rest upon his shoulders. shoulders. under way on centre court against qualifier bradley klavan. qualifier bradley klavan. hoping to reach the last 32 year for the first time. —— bradley klahn. that battle under way in the last 30 seconds. seconds. against three—time removal and novak djokovic to one inch rate set today. djokovic to one inch rate set today.

we'll bring you more on that later. elsewhere, rafael nadal has booked his place in the third round. his place in the third round. not quite as straightforward as he's right have hoped against christian. right have hoped against christian. it do over 2. with the cataract‘s on the back style. —— kukushkin's unorthodox style. style. however he did get through to the third round. the third round. the biggest shock of the day was any men's drawl. of the day was any men's drawl. last year's finalist cillic is out. year's finalist cillic is out. rain interrupted play last night. but he was unable to capitalise on that advantage. afterwards the argentinan said the weather was the game changer.

croatian cillic given his success at queens just last week. croatian cillic given his success at queensjust last week. queensjust last week. much more action on centre court. action on centre court. all eyes on you right now for kyle edmund. you right now for kyle edmund. hopes of britain resting on his shoulders here at wimbledon. shoulders here at wimbledon. murray leaves a big hole, doesn't he? he? holly hamilton at wimbledon, banchory much. —— thank you much. in the quarterfinals. illusions of the task ahead. quarterfinal of a world cup, you are stupid to say that. stupid to say that. of quality and a lot of resilience at 18. at 18. deep from what we've seen and we know what we are against. know what we are against.

radar but there was no question that they are a good team. they are a good team. they would not be where they are there were not. be where they are there were not. show them the respect we do to every team. john stones. that is all the sport we've got for you from now. sport we've got for you from now. will be back with more from wimbledon later. wimbledon later. now back to ben brown in amesbury. were taking critically ill on saturday. saturday. they are still in a critical condition. condition. who is the mp for salisbury and south wiltshire. south wiltshire. thank you from being with us. being with us. salisbury very, very concerned and alarmed by what has happened. alarmed by what has happened.

isolated site can get back to normal. normal. message to local people and people further afield. further afield. salisbury and he wants clarity as to what happened. what happened. decontamination issue at salisbury and yet it seems... and yet it seems... novichok residue in salisbury city centre. not any area that your decontaminated. decontaminated. my understanding is they were found elsewhere. they were found elsewhere. probably debris from the original incident. incident.

contaminated by accessing those sites. we need to be clear about that. that. impossible to decontaminate the whole city? the whole city? impossible to know what you don't know. what you don't know. happened and what happened afterwards. afterwards. the investigation is urgently trying to establish. to establish. how angry are you at your local mp? your local mp? and streets are becoming a dumping ground for poison. —— we heard.

disruption to my constituents and my constituents' lives. constituents' lives. the skripals, that would not have happened, i'm very clear about that. happened, i'm very clear about that. or discarded the knowledge, syringe or whatever it was... or whatever it was... the investigation needs to establish that. that. this is the work of the russian governments, russian state? governments, russian state? was clearly the act of the kremlin, president putin and agents thereof. president putin and agents thereof. relationship to the russian state to think they would have been targeted. think they would have been targeted.

to urgently find out and they really do need to do it urgently. do need to do it urgently. usability to business in your constituency. to business in your constituency. —— used both about. used both about. salisbury was just getting back to its feet. getting back to its feet. will it get back quickly? get back quickly? place back on its feet and i want the process to continue. the process to continue. wiltshire and they should continue to come. to come. those cordons can be removed very quickly. quickly. thank you so much for being with us. with us. constituency mp for salisbury and south wiltshire.

south wiltshire. that is it from me in amesbury. back to you in the studio. news on breaking news on the continued police investigation. continued police investigation. having to identify the possible source of contamination. source of contamination. also be installed at some of the sites. sites. are currently in a serious condition in hospital. —— the cordons in place. you're watching bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the time is 5:45pm.

remain critically ill in hospital. to explain what happened. customs after brexit. its own trade deals. signalling failure at london victoria. trains in and out of the station had to be cancelled throughout the day. let's go back to another of our top stories today. 70th birthday today. and a half million people. try to run at which ensures a challenge in itself. director of nhs england. welcome.

hope you have some time to enjoy the celebrations ended in interviews. celebrations ended in interviews. should be picked out —— could be picked out. picked out. practitioner, that's how you started. started. if you had to pick something, what would it be? something, what would it be? r kidney transplantation, the drug user so much better these days. user so much better these days. quite a collection of things? you are a kidney specialist. are a kidney specialist. what has changed most in your working life? changed most in your working life? tier in i9a8 if you had kidney disease... disease... not when you started working there. working there. started, that was it, it was a death sentence. sentence.

transplant, you could expect a pretty normal life. pretty normal life. and even the a0 years i have been there. there. what then are the challenges ahead would you say? ahead would you say? short period of history that we had the national health service. the national health service. models before the money after the medical challenges? —— different models. models. multiple conditions which place a strain on the nhs. strain on the nhs. as possible so that means less time impossible, more treatment at home. impossible, more treatment at home.

important thing, it is as much about quality of life as quantity of life. quality of life as quantity of life. 2%. —— because you come from a long period. period. longer, multiple health concerns, how do you square the circle? how do you square the circle? that service wonderfully over the past few years. —— from st george's today. today. able to do more than we have the last five years moving forward. last five years moving forward. it is believed in doing off, isn't it, given the challenges? it, given the

challenges? service has been maintained but there has been cut. there has been cut. is working on a green paperfor social care. social care. —— social care is really important. really important. funding we have been promised that been taken up. been taken up. not shifted from you to fund them? to fund them? should really be out of hospital being looked at there. being looked at there. is the further case of novichok poisoning in salisbury. poisoning in salisbury. in the last few months to see colleagues in salisbury. colleagues in salisbury.

impression did you form about what they've been doing? impression did you form about what they've been doing ? impression did you form about what they've been doing? they've been doing? could provide as good a treatment at the staff in salisbury. the staff in salisbury. skripals to use as a template for treatment. treatment. back then, presumably staff are working blind. staff are working blind. that world—class care can be delivered in the nhs anywhere. delivered in the nhs anywhere.

the resources are there to help them if they need it. if they need it. quality of health care and those principles are the same two days. principles are the same two days. thank you very much forjoining us. and happy birthday. thank you. of the health service throughout the years. in his late teens in the 1970's. he spent over a year in hospital and was given 25 years to live. someone in hospital. here's his story.

drunk done a u—turn in front of me and i broke my back. and i broke my back. went to hospital in buckinghamshire for another ten months. for another ten months. that impacted my life badly. i was young. do all the things you would do if you were an able—bodied person. you were an able—bodied person. i wouldn't either but it was fantastic treatment. fantastic treatment. there and it gives you everything you need to live a normal life. you need to live a normal life.

with me so i decided to date karen instead. instead. that is our standing joke, karen was a nursing auxiliaries. the net. net. he asked me to go averaging with him. love blossoms. briefly married 38 years thisjuly. married 38 years thisjuly. the nhs means great help galvanise small budget. small budget. you get is fantastic and second to nine in the world. nine in the world. not the greatest english institution we have. richard's story there and night to have some duties to end on. time for a look at the weather. more good news? wellard and if you want rain.

if you do then no. do then no. a bit of a change computer watches through yesterday. computer watches through yesterday. gorgeous scene there in i'll of bute. bute. we have seen the temperatures drop to do what they were. drop to do what they were. yesterday in aviemore, today 16-20dc. yesterday in aviemore, today 16—20dc. 16—20dc. the good people caught up in more comfortable than it was. in more comfortable than it was. and part of worcestershire and also part of derbyshire. part of derbyshire. we see some flooding in tunbridge wells as they see isolated storms. wells as they see isolated storms. of london, across sussex and kent into the evening so be wary of that. into the evening so be wary of that. two across north wales and the pennines. pennines. into the nitride, you will be trialled night.

trialled night. comfortable to see in computer last night. in computer last night. white money, though, in the north. though, in the north. dividends not much lower than 15 celsius. much lower than 15 celsius. into friday we go. friday we go. if you don't know the story yet, where have you been? story yet, where have you been? the country, lots of sunshine around. around. willingly sunshine too much if you're enjoying it. you're enjoying it. england could help you today but 30 celsius to the salad. celsius to the salad. watching football outside on saturday? saturday? far west of scotland to produce an isolated charity or there. isolated charity or there. days but further south, like the high 205 for england and wales. high 205 for

england and wales. 31 celsius any south—east corner. celsius any south—east corner. clipping into ireland with the sunshine but an occasional showers. sunshine but an occasional showers. only one thing, it will be another very hot day. very hot day. 205 and a fuse what to get above 30 celsius on sunday. celsius on sunday. any south—east corner hit 32 celsius by this stage. by this stage. little bit but for some of us, being pretty one for the time of year. pretty one for the time of year. let up and no sign of significant rain. the bbc news at six is next. at 630... .. at 630... what's they will have the latest sports news. centre court crowd absolutely loved it.